Babel Clash

Hey Morgan,

Thanks so much for having us here at Babel Clash! It was good fun blogging here and chatting with Annalee, Jeff, Paul and yourself. The reading at the Borders on Boylston in Boston last night was a great time as well!

I’d love for folks to consider the Acacia series as they plan their holiday shopping. My pitch… The first novel, Acacia: The War With The Mein, is available both in hard and paperback. In many ways it stands on its own, but if folks like it I’m glad to say The Other Lands is out in a really pretty hardback edition. The third and concluding volume is in the works now, so you don’t have to fear big delays or series dragging on forever.

But are the books any good? I hope so, but I’m biased. I’m very pleased to mention that the series won me the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. That was an amazing honor, especially as I entered the genre from having been a mainstream novelist. Let me offer a few words from others on the subject…

The Washington Post: Durham… demonstrates that he is a master of the fantasy epic.

Revolution Science Fiction: David Anthony Durham has pulled off something remarkable: a huge, sprawling epic that manages to weave together history, politics, intrigue and thunderous action scenes without ever losing track of the multitudes of finely-drawn characters.

SF Site: One of the delights of reading Acacia are the sudden, unexpected developments in the story. Durham is completely unafraid to play against convention and the reader’s expectations.

The Agony Column: Durham’s novel bristles with the joy and power of a historical novelist freed to create his own history…

Locus: …as radical a rewriting of (George RR) Martin as Martin himself performed on Tolkein. Rarely has the medieval epic been quite this pertinent.

Publishers Weekly (Starred Review): …sprawling and vividly imagined

Thanks for reading this far. I have to say it’s a pleasure to be writing in fantasy. I hope to do so for a long time. Man, there are so many stories to tell!

-David.

davidanthonydurham.com

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